February 10

• Ravaged By Drought - the Number of Malnourished Children Rises

  IPS

  Mariem Mint Ahmedou sits cross-legged on a worn-out carpet in a basic tent built with mud bricks and layers of sewn-together fabric. Her eight-month-old twins, Hussein and Hassan,... Read more »

February 9

• ANHRI Condemns Detention of Activist [press release]

  HRInfo

  ANHRI condemns the Mauritanian authorities for their inexplicable detention of Wan Biran, activist and coordinator Do Not Touch My Nationality movement, on 4 February as he was... Read more »

February 7

• Displaced Malians Burden Food-Insecure Hosts

  IRIN

  Some 12,000 Malians have fled fighting in the towns of Ménaka and Anderamboucane in northern Mali and reached already food-insecure villages around Tillabéri in... Read more »

January 27

• UN Officials Calls for Action on Sahel Problems

  UN News

  The United Nations political chief today called for the establishment of a mechanism to address the myriad challenges facing countries in West Africa's Sahel region, which, he... Read more »

January 24

• Christian Aid Responds to Worsening Sahel Hunger Crisis [press release]

  Christian Aid

  With seven million people across five West African countries facing the spectre of famine within months, Christian Aid is stepping up its early response plans to assist those... Read more »